The King Center invites Stanford undergraduate and graduate students, as well as predoctoral research fellows and postdoctoral scholars, to submit photos to the King Center's 2024 Global Development Photo Contest.

Submitted photographs must have been taken by the entrant within the past three years. Only Stanford students and researchers enrolled for fall quarter 2024, as well as current predocs and postdocs, may submit photos.

The contest welcomes photo submissions relevant to themes of global development. These could include, but are not limited to:

• poverty alleviation
• health
• education
• sanitation
• environmental challenges
• urbanization or infrastructure
• working conditions

Submissions will be acceptance through Sunday, October 20 at 11:59pm.

Photos will be judged on technical quality, composition, creativity, originality, and sense of place. Winners will be announced by November 4, 2024. Three winners will be selected and will receive $100 each. Photos will be displayed in the King Center offices and may be used in printed materials and/or online. Winners are also eligible to receive a copy of their photo printed on canvas (please note, photos must be 3,200 pixels wide or tall to be eligible for this prize).

For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you should secure a model release from the subject wherever possible. If the individual is a minor, you will need parental or guardian consent. Releases are generally not required from people who are identifiable in a photograph of a street or public place provided that the photograph is reasonably related to the subject matter and the identifiable people are not the focus of the photograph. A sample release can be found here.

By entering the contest, entrants grant Stanford University a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or subsequently developed, for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, scholarly, and all other standard purposes. Any photograph reproduced will include credits as feasible. Neither the King Center on Global Development nor Stanford University will be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

If you have any questions, please contact us at kingcenter@stanford.edu